jonmac – 17 minutes ago »
Thanks Graham that worked, but I wonder why? Is it just an extension of the “switch it off and back on again” school of thought which so often works (although not this time) or can you explain why it worked when unplugging at the socket didn’t?
Whatever, I’m so grateful to you. Thanks again.
The issue could have been a faulty hard drive. Though from your post it sounds as if you have re-connected the drive and it’s now working. Possibly a bad connection on the drive data connector down to oxidisation and reconnecting the hard drive has fixed it.